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scotland's first minister humza yousaf has branded david cameron "petty" and "misguided" over a threatisters during overseas visits. the first minister responded to claims from the foreign secretary that he breached protocols by meeting turkish president recep tayyip erdogan without a uk official present. the snp leader dismissed the criticism from an "unelected lord", he said. lord cameron has also threatened to close scottish offices in uk embassies. the former prime minister, who returned to the cabinet as foreign secretary last month, said in a letter to the scottish government that ministers had failed to provide "sufficient advance notice" of the meeting with mr erdogan at cop28 in the united arab emirates. we are going to take you to a press conference by a group of conservatives called the erg and mark francois. thank you, i am chairman of the erg. i havejust finished chairing thank you, i am chairman of the erg. i have just finished chairing this meeting of these five conservative backbench groups, the european research group, the conservative group, the new conservatives grou

scotland's first minister humza yousaf has accused sir keir starmer of insulting scotland, after theabour leader praised margaret thatcher in a newspaper article. sir keir said she, along with tony blair and clement attlee, had brought about "meaningful change" in britain. mr yousaf said many communities in scotland still bore the scars of what he called mrs thatcher's disastrous policies. the home office says more than 500 migrants crossed the channel in 11 small boats yesterday. the french authorities rescued a further 190 people after they got into difficulty at sea. the home office says the numbers making the crossing this year, though, are down by around a third compared with last year. the government of peru has announced it's increasing the number of tourists allowed at the isth—century inca citadel machu picchu, its most famous historical site. the move is aimed at helping tourism rebound, after the decline suffered during the coronavirus pandemic. now on bbc news, tecthlore: japan. around the world, people are looking to tech for clever solutions to tackle the challenges of

yeah but belinda what do make of this mean what do you make of this i mean humza you north of humza yousafthere in scotland saying he saying initially that he wants scotland throw arms scotland to throw its arms around all the gaz and around all of the gaz and refugees, etcetera. around all of the gaz and refl he as, etcetera. around all of the gaz and releeas, etc> he wants to make it a safe haven for them. he's now basically going abroad and conducting policy on his own. >> he's % massive god >> he's got a massive god complex, this guy who on earth does is? he doesn't does he think he is? he doesn't represent the uk, nor were their government officials present dunng government officials present during the meeting , and i think during the meeting, and i think that's pretty dodgy if you ask me, or that's how it looks anyway, optically i don't like what he's doing. i don't like his arrogance or where he's taking scotland at all. remember, scotland didn't vote for he got narrowly voted for him. he got narrowly voted in by memb

yeah but belinda what do make of this mean what do you make of this i mean humza you north of humza yousafthere in scotland saying he saying initially that he wants scotland throw arms scotland to throw its arms around all the gaz and around all of the gaz and refugees, etcetera. around all of the gaz and refl he as, etcetera. around all of the gaz and releeas, etc> he wants to make it a safe haven for them. he's now basically going abroad and conducting policy on his own. >> he's % massive god >> he's got a massive god complex, this guy who on earth does is? he doesn't does he think he is? he doesn't represent the uk, nor were their government officials present dunng government officials present during the meeting , and i think during the meeting, and i think that's pretty dodgy if you ask me, or that's how it looks anyway, optically i don't like what he's doing. i don't like his arrogance or where he's taking scotland at all. remember, scotland didn't vote for he got narrowly voted for him. he got narrowly voted in by memb

scotland's first minister humza yousaf now has to weigh up whether an appeal would be a wise use of taxpayersparliamentary powers lie. thousands of mourners lined the streets of dublin to pay an emotional tribute to the pogues singer shane macgowan who died last week at the age of 65. as the horse—drawn carriage bearing his coffin made its way through the city, crowds of fans broke out in song in his honour. hollywood actorjonny depp was among the famous faces who took part in the funeral mass in county tipperary. here�*s chris page. music: fairytale of new york. ireland is mourning and celebrating its poet of punk. shane macgowan was one of this country�*s greatest cultural geniuses. as his cortege moved through the streets of south dublin, thousands showed their appreciation for a remarkable artistic life. when i first heard shane�*s voice, it, like, stopped me in my tracks. i met my wife at a pogues concert early '905, and he's been a big part of our life since then. my favourite song of all is dirty old town| because it connects with here. # i kissed my girl # by the factory wall # dirty

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but i suppose the question now is, what now for humza yousaf?where he can decide to stop what is seen by many people as an unpopular piece of legislation and accuse westminster of putting the stop on it, or will he, westminster of putting the stop on it, orwill he, as westminster of putting the stop on it, or will he, as he has previously indicated, appealed this decision and take it all the way to the supreme court? he has 21 days to decide. ., ., ., ., ~ supreme court? he has 21 days to decide. ., ., ., . ~ thousands of people have lined the streets of dublin for the funeral procession of shane mcgowan, the musician and lead singer of the pogues, who died last week aged 65. a service will be held this afternoon in nenagh in county tipperary, with the president of ireland among the mourners. from dublin, our correspondent sara girvin, sent this report. shane macgowan�*s family as people who admired the musician to line the streets and say goodbye. today in dublin, they did just that. a punk and a poet, and to these fans, a hero. i and a poet, a

humza yousaf says holyrood.e people of scotland , not a people of scotland, not a westminster government, and the judgement confirms that devolution is fundamentally flawed . the funeral for the flawed. the funeral for the pogues frontman shane macgowan is being held in ireland and you told me all, all your joy , you told me all, all yourjoy, you kwarteng ever happened . to land kwarteng ever happened. to land 0 song to all those little girls and boys . 0 song to all those little girls and boys. family friends, politicians and celebrities , politicians and celebrities, including hollywood actor johnny including hollywood actorjohnny depp , have all gathered to pay depp, have all gathered to pay their final respects at saint mary of the rosary church in county tipperary . earlier, county tipperary. earlier, mourners lined the streets and sang some of the band's hits as his cortege made his way through the streets of dublin . this is the streets of dublin. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on your

scottish councils were caught by surprise by the announcement by the first minister, humza yousaf, atence a couple of months ago. we are still waiting to hearjust how much money they will be offered to freeze the council tax and some of them are worried it won't be enough, which could lead to some very tough choices on local services too. thank ou ve choices on local services too. thank you very much- _ there are warnings of potential cuts to public services in wales, as the welsh government sets out its spending plans for the next year. the draft budget will be published later today. 0ur correspondent, tomos morgan, is in cardiff for us this morning. what are you expecting? the minister has been saying _ what are you expecting? the minister has been saying for— what are you expecting? the minister has been saying for a _ what are you expecting? the minister has been saying for a while _ what are you expecting? the minister has been saying for a while this - has been saying for a while this will be one of those difficult budgets the welsh government has had to deal with since devoluti

is that humza yousaf said that this is why we need independence.ny how everything ends with that. you know, a hammer, everything independence. well, was funny because >> well, it was funny because one the newspapers he one of the newspapers said he was humiliate i was left was humiliate, and i was left reading that the papers of reading that in the papers of this the was this country. the guy was humiliated. he wasn't humiliated. he wasn't humiliated. happy. humiliated. he was happy. it was like a win for him that that he's overruled. i love he's been overruled. and i love i yummy hummus. i'm. he's been overruled. and i love i yummy hummus. i'm . not i love yummy hummus. i'm. not yummy hummus. what is his name ? yummy hummus. what is his name? >> are you did you mean humza yousef? okay good job. i don't even know if nick should apologise. >> that was a mistake. >> that was a mistake. >> i think it was a joke. i think it was like a funny joke. i think it was. yeah, i think it. okay, but maybe we'll end on that. okay, that's it for part two. up, joey

is that humza yousaf said that this is why we need independence.y how everything ends with that. you know, a hammer, everything independence. well, was funny because >> well, it was funny because one the newspapers he one of the newspapers said he was humiliate i was left was humiliate, and i was left reading that the papers of reading that in the papers of this the was this country. the guy was humiliated. he wasn't humiliated. he wasn't humiliated. happy. humiliated. he was happy. it was like a win for him that that he's overruled. i love he's been overruled. and i love i yummy hummus. i'm. he's been overruled. and i love i yummy hummus. i'm . not i love yummy hummus. i'm. not yummy hummus. what is his name ? yummy hummus. what is his name? >> are you did you mean humza yousef? okay good job. i don't even know if nick should apologise. >> that was a mistake. >> that was a mistake. >> i think it was a joke. i think it was like a funny joke. i think it was. yeah, i think it. okay, but maybe we'll end on that. okay, that's it for part two. up, joey

scotland's first minister humza yousaf now has to weigh up whether an appeal would be a wise use of taxpayers and where exactly parliamentary powers lie. hundreds of passengers travelling on the elizabeth line on the great western railway last night had to endure hours of stranded on culture and without power or communication. many making their way onto trucks and walk out as engineers worked to repair faulty power cables will stop today, the disruption continues. our transport correspondent has spoken to some commuters affected. this is how in everyday _ to some commuters affected. this is how in everyday commute _ to some commuters affected. this is how in everyday commute ended i to some commuters affected. this is how in everyday commute ended up| to some commuters affected. ti 3 3 how in everyday commute ended up for hundreds of passengers last night. they had been stuck on trains for hours with no power, no communication and eventually a long walk along the tracks. ben was one of many. walk along the tracks. ben was one of man . . , ., ., walk along the tracks. ben was one ofman. . , .,

humza yousaf says the holyrood. yousaf says the judgement confirms that devolution is fundamentally flawed . a funeral for the pogues flawed. a funeral for the pogues frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland. paying . dillian held in ireland. paying. dillian whyte depher was singing all laid bare and the bells were ringing out for christmas day . ringing out for christmas day. >> paying tribute to the singer the band's hit christmas track fairytale of new york was sung dunng fairytale of new york was sung during the service. >> family, friends, politicians and celebrities filled saint mary of the rosary church in county tipperary . hollywood county tipperary. hollywood a—lister johnny depp was among those delivering a reading , those delivering a reading, giving a eulogy. his sister siobhan said. shane macgowan lit a fire that burns in ireland and across the world, and his widow , across the world, and his widow, victoria, mary clarke, spoke and praised of the singer. >> he really did live so close to the ed

humza yousaf says the holyrood.yousaf says the judgement confirms that devolution is fundamentally flawed . a funeral for the pogues flawed. a funeral for the pogues frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland. paying . dillian held in ireland. paying. dillian whyte depher was singing all laid bare and the bells were ringing out for christmas day . ringing out for christmas day. >> paying tribute to the singer the band's hit christmas track fairytale of new york was sung dunng fairytale of new york was sung during the service. >> family, friends, politicians and celebrities filled saint mary of the rosary church in county tipperary . hollywood county tipperary. hollywood a—lister johnny depp was among those delivering a reading , those delivering a reading, giving a eulogy. his sister siobhan said. shane macgowan lit a fire that burns in ireland and across the world, and his widow , across the world, and his widow, victoria, mary clarke, spoke and praised of the singer. >> he really did live so close to the edg

humza yousaf says the judgement confirms that devolution is fundamentally flawed .neral for the pogues flawed. a funeral for the pogues frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland . frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland. ipp frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland . ipp online held in ireland. ipp online before placing in galway bay , before placing in galway bay, and the bells will ring in out for christmas day . paying for christmas day. paying tribute to the singer the band's hit christmas track fairytale of new york was sung during the service. family friends, politicians and celebrities filled saint mary mary of rosary church in county tipperary . church in county tipperary. hollywood a—lister johnny depp was among those delivering a reading , was among those delivering a reading, giving a eulogy. his sister siobhan said. shane macgowan lit the fire that burns in ireland and across the world, and his widow, victoria, mary clarke, spoke and praised of the singer . singer. >> he really did live so close to the edge that he he seemed like

and another thing that humza yousaf was actually considering is a tax on taylor swift tickets. all tickets to scotland and, um, to raise £1 million a yearjust seems to me that here is a party addicted to tax. and do you think rich people just stick around and mop it up? or will they clear off to england ? well, let's see now. england? well, let's see now. moving on. an snp mp has set in motion a legal bid to pardon coal miners convicted of offences during industrial strikes in the 1980s. miners arrested in scotland during the mass disputes have already been pardoned after after members of scottish parliament passed legislation last year and this bill is set to extend the pardon to england and wales. now. sir keir starmer has called to overturn the convictions in his electoral manifesto, but a push by labour in scotland to secure financial compensation failed this year. now i've got a thing or two to say about this. my dad was a coal miner for 47 years, and the coal miners strike tore apart the communities in nottinghamshire. my dad went on strike for a couple of months , strike

yousaf gaza . i'll have a special guest at the end. i'm not sure my panel will stick around for it though. >> that all sounds very exciting other than gary linklater, who must say i've become a bit of a bore. there we go. that's bore. but there we go. that's all to the weather. all coming up to the weather. i'll back tomorrow at 8:00. i'll be back tomorrow at 8:00. i'm jacob rees—mogg. this has been the been state of the nation and the weather in somerset. oh, it's absolutely glorious. lovely. perfect ineffable and charming. you you're you will enjoy it if you're there. enormously >> outlook boxt >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar of weather on . gb solar sponsors of weather on. gb news evening . news evening. >> i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. after most of us had a dry monday, expect some heavy downpours tomorrow. thunderstorms possible and some gusty winds thanks to this area of low pressure. slowly but surely it's been heading towards u

humza yousaf says the judgement confirms that devolution is fundamentally flawed .funeral for the pogues flawed. a funeral for the pogues frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland . frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland. ipp frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland . ipp online held in ireland. ipp online before placing in galway bay , before placing in galway bay, and the bells will ring in out for christmas day . paying for christmas day. paying tribute to the singer the band's hit christmas track fairytale of new york was sung during the service. family friends, politicians and celebrities filled saint mary mary of rosary church in county tipperary . church in county tipperary. hollywood a—lister johnny depp was among those delivering a reading , was among those delivering a reading, giving a eulogy. his sister siobhan said. shane macgowan lit the fire that burns in ireland and across the world, and his widow, victoria, mary clarke, spoke and praised of the singer . singer. >> he really did live so close to the edge that he he seemed lik

scotland's first minister humza yousaf has accused sir keir starmer of insulting scotland — after thehannel in eleven small boats yesterday. the french authorities rescued a further 190 people after they got into difficulty at sea. the home office says the numbers making the crossing this year though are down by around a third compared with last year. baroness glenys kinnock of holyhead, a former minister, european parliament member and the wife of the former—labour leader lord kinnock, has died at the age of 79. she'd been suffering from alzheimers. our political correspondent peter saull looks back at her life. neil and glenys kinnock. a formidable partnership. from a teacher to a minister, hers was a life of service to family, party and country. i knew i would bejudged because who i was, and who i was married to, and what my background was, so in a way i kind of felt i always had to justify what i was doing, by being, you know, working hard, at being better, being more conscientious than anybody else. the youngest child of a railway signalman, the then glenys parry joined the labou

money by the way, on southerners money, you could argue this strike is going to be fully resolved by humza now going to introduce that higher tax rate, which means all those that those scottish doctors that didn't going didn't strike are going to be heading south, they're heading south, because they're going to want to avoid the higher tax as well as with everybody the everybody else. that's why the train system will work so well, because scotland train system will work so well, becébez scotland train system will work so well, becé be heading scotland train system will work so well, becé be heading here and train system will work so well, becébe heading here toj will be heading down here to avoid scotland, just the higher earners. >> but there is well, i think i presume you do need clever people in scotland, but is there is key do you want to is a key point is do you want to pay is a key point is do you want to pay best. but do you? pay for the best. but do you? i do not want to pay. >> i don't want to pay with somebody with gun next to my somebody with a gun next to my mother's, my mother

he was talking about people who alone at christmas. >> have we had humza yousaf?! um, on your marks. get set. go! many you will be heading home many of you will be heading home for christmas by land, for christmas today. by land, sea or air, and hoping that things are going to get moving . things are going to get moving. >> yes, but with travel chaos, sweeping parts of the country and the trains ready to break down in a moment, notice as usual, let's speak to the travel editor at the sun, lisa minot. lisa, thank you very much for joining us on the show. so how are things looking? is it a standard christmas on the roads and the railways, or are things worse or better? well i would say they're about the same as normal. >> same level of chaos as you would expect. and we have got some high winds coming, which means that we've been warned there possibly be, um, there could possibly be, um, lines down on railways lines coming down on railways and obviously trees that and obviously fallen trees that could impact both the roads and rail so definitely rail. so that's defin

uh, and the idea that she's not going to apologise for it is humza yousaf is not mentioned in this particularnk, but he was certainly very keen it as certainly very keen on it as well. right. it's not like they've got a clean like, not at all. >> the reason he's not mentioned. largely not because it's the times, in general it's the times, but in general is because they're trying to separate now sturgeon, separate him now from sturgeon, which he's which of course they can't. he's a of sturgeon in the a product of sturgeon in the same way that sturgeon is a prodigy salmon . and is prodigy of salmon. and salmon is going the last blow. going to wield the last blow. i think some point in time you think at some point in time you when on, the debates when this went on, the debates went on. the galleries were full to brim of trans activists. to the brim of trans activists. they weren't , josh said. they weren't, josh said. feminists are not tend agree feminists are not tend to agree with that, but a lot of with josh on that, but a lot of them women. women that them were just women. women that said, c

humza yousaf was crowned the new scottish first minister at the end of march. let's not get ahead of ourselves . the not get ahead of ourselves. the tories have problems of their own as chairman nadhim own as tory chairman nadhim zahawi was sacked after being found to have breached the ministerial over failing to ministerial code over failing to declare a tax investigation , and declare a tax investigation, and rishi sunak received a fixed penalty notice for posting an onune penalty notice for posting an online video of himself in a moving car without wearing a seatbelt , making him the first seatbelt, making him the first prime minister in history to have received two penalty notices. while in office. february started better as ukraine's president zelenskyy visited the uk and addressed parliament. we know freedom will win . rishi sunak signed the win. rishi sunak signed the windsor framework with the leader of the european commission ursula von der leyen, to sort out brexit once and for all. some were happy about it, but others were not. >> i really didn't thi

yousaf because he's now going to introduce that higher tax rate, means all higher tax rate, which meanse scottish doctors that didn't are to didn't strike are going to be heading south, they're heading south, because they're going to want to avoid the higher tax as well as with everybody the everybody else. that's why the train system will work so well, because the whole of scotland will here to will be heading down here to avoid scotland, just the higher earners. >> but there is well, i think i presume you do need clever people in scotland, but is there is key do you want to is a key point is do you want to pay is a key point is do you want to pay best. but do you? pay for the best. but do you? i do not want to pay. >> i don't want to pay with somebody with gun next to my somebody with a gun next to my mother's, my mother's temple. i tell that now i don't care. tell you that now i don't care. they go strike for they can go on strike for a thousand that moment is thousand years. that moment is oven thousand years. that moment is over. are not wholly over. they are not wholly underpaid.

humza yousaf says the judgement confirms that devolution is fundamentally flawed.rachel hamilton believes the court's ruling is right. really concerning bit of legislation, but also the main reason that we didn't vote for this legislation was that it would have had an impact on the protection of women and girls. >> and we know that self—id system subsequently did have an impact because isla bryson , impact because isla bryson, after raping two women, was then placed in a female estate after changing gender. >> a funeral for the pogues frontman shane macgowan is being held in ireland. his bandmates pay held in ireland. his bandmates pay tribute a short while ago singing song the parting glass . singing song the parting glass. by singing song the parting glass. by heart was spent. in good come back and our hearts. >> but i long alas , was to >> but i long alas, was to family, friends, politicians and celebrities, including hollywood star johnny depp, all gathered to pay their final respects in county tipperary. >> singer nick cave performed a rainy night in soho and

humza yousaf says the judgement confirms that devolution is fundamentally flawed . funeral for the pogues flawed. a funeral for the pogues frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland . dillian whyte held in ireland. dillian whyte before with singing galway bay , before with singing galway bay, and the bells were ringing out for christmas day . paying for christmas day. paying tribute to the singer. the bands hit christmas track fairytale of new york was sung during the service. family friends, politicians and celebrities filled saint mary of the rosary church in county tipperary. hollywood a—lister johnny depp was among those delivering a reading, giving a eulogy. his sister, siobhan said that while they were born in kent, her brothers veins ran deep with irish blood and his widow, victoria mary clarke, also spoke i >> -- >> it really did live so close to the edge that he he seemed like he was going to fall off many times. i mean, we've had me and siobhan and all the family. we've kind of lived in terror, haven't we, for a very long time. but on the plus side,

uh, and the idea that she's not going to apologise for it is humza yousaf is not mentioned in this particularbut he was certainly very keen it as certainly very keen on it as well. right. it's not like they've got a clean like, not at all. >> the reason he's not mentioned. largely not because it's the times, in general it's the times, but in general is because they're trying to separate now sturgeon, separate him now from sturgeon, which he's which of course they can't. he's a of sturgeon in the a product of sturgeon in the same way that sturgeon is a prodigy salmon . and is prodigy of salmon. and salmon is going the last blow. going to wield the last blow. i think some point in time you think at some point in time you when on, the debates when this went on, the debates went on. the galleries were full to brim of trans activists. to the brim of trans activists. they weren't , josh said. they weren't, josh said. feminists are not tend agree feminists are not tend to agree with that, but a lot of with josh on that, but a lot of them women. women that them were just women. women that said, can w

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humza yousaf says the judgement confirms that devolution is fundamentally flawed .funeral for the pogues flawed. a funeral for the pogues frontman shane macgowan has been held in ireland . dillian whyte held in ireland. dillian whyte before with singing galway bay , before with singing galway bay, and the bells were ringing out for christmas day . paying for christmas day. paying tribute to the singer. the bands hit christmas track fairytale of new york was sung during the service. family friends, politicians and celebrities filled saint mary of the rosary church in county tipperary. hollywood a—lister johnny depp was among those delivering a reading, giving a eulogy. his sister, siobhan said that while they were born in kent, her brothers veins ran deep with irish blood and his widow, victoria mary clarke, also spoke i >> -- >> it really did live so close to the edge that he he seemed like he was going to fall off many times. i mean, we've had me and siobhan and all the family. we've kind of lived in terror, haven't we, for a very long time. but on the plus side, i

yousaf age of 16. humza yousaf administration took downing street to court.d . but rishi sunak scottish secretary argued the proposed changes would have had a negative impact on uk wide equality laws . well, i'm joined equality laws. well, i'm joined now by alba party msp ash regan , now by alba party msp ash regan, who's been a long time campaigner on this issue. thank you very much for joining us campaigner on this issue. thank you very much forjoining us on you very much for joining us on the show , ash. so a victory for the show, ash. so a victory for common sense at long last. >> good evening. yes. so it seems for now a victory for common sense . common sense. >> but i would just point out that for the moment it's quite a complicated situation. this has never happened before , nor never happened before, nor obviously this is the first use of a section 35, and the bill hasn't received royal assent. so it's effectively sort of sitting there, not quite ready. it can't be implemented , but it would be implemented, but it would need to be in order to be kille

john kerry, the old climate tsar, had private humza tsar, had a private jet humza yousaf in scotland,sters took limousine to the cop 26, which i do believe was actually held in scotland . the government held in scotland. the government flew an mp back from cop 28 to vote in the house of commons on the rwanda deal. they are all at it and that's before we started on the old lovey celebs like emma thompson and co in all of our combined lifetimes , there is our combined lifetimes, there is absolutely no way that we could ever be responsible for the kind of climate footprint that this group of elites leave behind them, and they ask us to change our lives , to make changes to our lives, to make changes to the way we live our lives. but it appears that when sadiq khan was confronted with the choice between sitting in economy class for a few hours or promoting an ozone destroying airline , he ozone destroying airline, he chose the promo . he just brought chose the promo. he just brought back shades of this for me. that time, the g7 leaders, after imposing draconian lockdown rules on us all, m

is it any wonder that humza yousaf wants to create new tax band for to create a new tax band for highernking of anyone thinking of making anyone or more around put their more than around 75 k put their handin more than around 75 k put their hand in their pocket to fill a £15 billion black hole in his £1.5 billion black hole in his budget . i £1.5 billion black hole in his budget. i wonder why £1.5 billion black hole in his budget . i wonder why there's budget. i wonder why there's such a huge hole there, mr yousaf, but presumably they could just tax all the guards and refugees he wants to bring in. or the xl bully owners, sadiq khan in london, has said that plans to cut immigration would cause a massive recruitment crisis. that's clearly needs to do is clearly what he needs to do is hang around outside university and wait for all of those indian and wait for all of those indian and bangladeshi students to drop out courses. out of their courses. after a week them a job at week and offer them a job at pret a manger. there are plans at make foreign at the moment to make foreign students gr

john kerry, the old climate tsar, had private humza tsar, had a private jet humza yousaf in scotland,snp ministers took limousine to the cop 26, which i do believe was actually held in scotland . the government held in scotland. the government flew an mp back from cop 28 to vote in the house of commons on the rwanda deal. they are all at it and that's before we started on the old lovey celebs like emma thompson and co in all of our combined lifetimes , there is our combined lifetimes, there is absolutely no way that we could ever be responsible for the kind of climate footprint that this group of elites leave behind them, and they ask us to change our lives , to make changes to our lives, to make changes to the way we live our lives. but it appears that when sadiq khan was confronted with the choice between sitting in economy class for a few hours or promoting an ozone destroying airline , he ozone destroying airline, he chose the promo . he just brought chose the promo. he just brought back shades of this for me. that time, the g7 leaders, after imposing draconian lockdown rules on u

yousaf quickly weighed in?what thatcher did to mining and industrial communities not industrial communities was not entrepreneurial ism. it was vandalism . starmer, praising vandalism. starmer, praising thatcher is an insult to those communities in scotland and across the uk who still bear the scars of her disastrous policies . look, starmer praise . look, starmer can't praise thatcher scotland thatcher and keep scotland happy, continuing his poundland thatcher act today thatcher tribute act today promised that he would not turn on the public spending taps, instead going for big growth if we are privileged enough to be elected next year , the quack elected next year, the quack diagnosis , the search for diagnosis, the search for distractions and excuses, all of that ends because was the defining purpose of the next labour government . labour government. >> the mission that stands above all others will be raising britain's productivity growth , a britain's productivity growth, a goal that for my labor party will

is it any wonder that humza yousaf wants to create new tax band for to create a new tax band for highernking of anyone thinking of making anyone or more around put their more than around 75 k put their handin more than around 75 k put their hand in their pocket to fill a £15 billion black hole in his £1.5 billion black hole in his budget . i £1.5 billion black hole in his budget. i wonder why £1.5 billion black hole in his budget . i wonder why there's budget. i wonder why there's such a huge hole there, mr yousaf, but presumably they could just tax all the guards and refugees he wants to bring in. or the xl bully owners, sadiq khan in london, has said that plans to cut immigration would cause a massive recruitment crisis. that's clearly needs to do is clearly what he needs to do is hang around outside university and wait for all of those indian and wait for all of those indian and bangladeshi students to drop out courses. out of their courses. after a week them a job at week and offer them a job at pret a manger. there are plans at make foreign at the moment to make foreign students gr

yousaf quickly weighed in?what thatcher did to mining and industrial communities not industrial communities was not entrepreneurial ism. it was vandalism . starmer, praising vandalism. starmer, praising thatcher is an insult to those communities in scotland and across the uk who still bear the scars of her disastrous policies . look, starmer praise . look, starmer can't praise thatcher scotland thatcher and keep scotland happy, continuing his poundland thatcher act today thatcher tribute act today promised that he would not turn on the public spending taps, instead going for big growth if we are privileged enough to be elected next year , the quack elected next year, the quack diagnosis , the search for diagnosis, the search for distractions and excuses, all of that ends because was the defining purpose of the next labour government . labour government. >> the mission that stands above all others will be raising britain's productivity growth , a britain's productivity growth, a goal that for my labor party will

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yousaf says sovereignty should lie with the people of scotland and not a westminster government and thebile network operators are being accused of overcharging up to 28.2 million customers. vodafone ee three and o2 28.2 million customers. vodafone ee three and 02 are accused of penalising loyal customers , penalising loyal customers, meaning they paid more than new customers for the same services. they now face a £3 billion plus claim made by former citizens advice executive justin gutmann , advice executive justin gutmann, alleging they used their market dominance to overcharge people on uk contracts . gutmann dominance to overcharge people on uk contracts. gutmann and dominance to overcharge people on uk contracts . gutmann and the on uk contracts. gutmann and the law firm charles lindon are seeking damages of at least £3.2 billion . the foreign secretary billion. the foreign secretary has refuted claims he's interfering with us politics by urging lawmakers to vote through a package of support for ukraine in its after the us congress failed to pass an £88 billion package of wartime fu

yes it does indeed, and i've read that humza yousaf is thinking about raising taxes middle earners andss there huge >> i guess there is a huge financial gap in the scottish government. thank you very much for your time. tony maguire, our scotland mean, scotland reporter. i mean, scotland reporter. i mean, scotland alone. hundreds scotland isn't alone. hundreds of police stations in england and been closed and wales have been closed in the last decade so, the last decade or so, but scotland in having scotland is alone in having amalgamated all these different police so that police forces into one, so that now the police force is in now the same police force is in charge of gretna green and the outer hebrides is . outer hebrides is. >> it's very odd. it's now the largest police force in the country. >> well, so you think that means it wouldn't work? there >> it'sjust it wouldn't work? there >> it's just the geographic spread of it. i'm not sure. this idea of sort of centralising and consolidating and all the rest of it has clearly led to some of these decisions. >> now, this is a bit of

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on top of that, there has been a series of costly promises made by humza yousaf over the past year.also potentially tax rises was that they have control over income tax, crucially, and there is a suggestion that higher earners may be taxed more, they are already taxable in scotland and other parts of the uk and that might rise even further to go further, it might be a combination of all those measures. at the end of the day it will be difficult, tricky and there will be some hard choices.— the welsh government is also setting out its spending plans when its draft budget is published later today. it comes as junior doctors announced fresh strikes injanuary over a pay dispute — and concerns that other public services could be cut. guidance for how teachers in england should treat trans pupils is expected to be published by the department for education today. the recommendations are expected to include keeping the parents of transgender children informed about any decisions — unless there's a safeguarding issue — and that school toilets should remain single sex. a leading health think—

yousaf has made at the snp conference earlier this year. council tax. um freeze for the next year as 32 authorities. >> i think that covers and various yes that's correct. >> the basically the entire country will will go for a freeze. now that is obviously one huge resource for the scottish government to go with, but unfortunately this year that is not going to be an option for the deputy first minister. so what we do know is that we are going to expect to see some changes in terms of the finance , changes in terms of the finance, but of course, there are also going to be public services hit. we reported in the last week that the scottish fire and rescue service and police scotland are all facing cuts continuously over the last ten years. um, so we will need to wait and see this afternoon where that axe will fall. yes it looks like scottish people may be facing that twin burden of, uh, less public spending and of course, increased taxes too. >> thank you very much indeed for your time, tony maguire, our scotland reporter. there outside holy

yousaf thinks the only way to do that is to put up taxes. >> taxes in the highest rate.ance that, insurance insurance onto that, nearly 7, that means a person in the £125,000 bracket is paying £3,700 a year, more than somebody in england. crikey. if i was in scotland , i'd be i was in scotland, i'd be heading down the a1 from edinburgh to newcastle. uh at lightning speed. >> i mean, i think, i think you do have a point where you said, who would want to come, where would go? i mean, if i had would you go? i mean, if i had that of money, wouldn't that kind of money, i wouldn't come england either, even if come to england either, even if it isn't it was marginally better. isn't it? made i made a point the it? i made i made a point the other week on saturday five, a separate probably other week on saturday five, a sepetake probably other week on saturday five, a sepetake all probably other week on saturday five, a sepetake all my probably other week on saturday five, a sepetake all my millionsobably other week on saturday five, a sepetake all my millions totbly just take all